Hello Teck.

I tried the hack here to remove the sessionhash from spiders but the hash still shows up, i tried no_sessionhash( 'mozilla' ); to test on IE, but sessions are still there... any ideas?

thanx.

nevermind, seems to be working now... weird.

Having problems with step 3 here...

STEP 3
Once you uploaded all files onto your server, you need to rename the following files:
- archive.txt to archive
- forumdisplay.txt to forumdisplay
- htaccess.txt to .htaccess
- showthread.txt to showthread

IMPORTANT
Do NOT rename the files locally then upload them! You must proceed with the files rename ONLY onto your server.

What do I rename those file extensions to? .php, .html, .htm or what? They have to have some sort of file extension and if I rename them to .php they will overwrite the existing vB ones. Also I can not name a file to .htaccess because it has to have some sort of a file extension as well. Can you help me with this step, Im a little confused.

Thanks
Chris

Chris just rename them to the file name....without any extension...

ie archive

Thanks for the help man, but when you try to rename htaccess to .htaccess it wont allow you to because of the period in front of it it thinks that you are trying to rename the file with a .htaccess extension and no file name so it wont allow you to have the . infront of it. Any solution to this?

you cant just rename the file to archive though otherwise when you go to www.yoursite.com/Forums/archive it wont bring up anything except for your archive file showing all the code and everything. I think I am very lost here. I have this whole thing figured out except for renaming these files. It you dont have any extension on the file it will be useless.

u may need to do it on the server if u access....or change your editor...so it allows u to save as .htaccess

I am also thinking that maybe I have apache set up wrong. I am really new to Apache but I understand as stated in the readme file for this archive that it says this...

The script uses Apache's ForceType directive. Most of Apache servers have it installed by default

I know I am using apache 1.3.28 and I am not sure if it has this installed by default? If anyone has any time could they explain to me what force type does? I couldnt find anything about it even on Apaches site.

Thanks
Chris

I am the server. I run my own server so I have access to it all right here. I am using Windows 2000 and I am running Apache 1.3.28 I have no idea why this is acting the way it is.

Ok nevermind I got the .htaccess to work with my FTP and it let me rename it to .htaccess Anyways check out my site now at www.vorspann.net/Forums/archive and take a look. It will simply show you the archive.php file in text. Does anyone know whats going on here. I think possibly I may have my Apache set up wrong. All my other pages work but this one doesnt and I am just guessing but when I look at the .htaccess file I notice that it redirects you when you go to the archive page by using the $archive variable. My guess would be it is not doing this becauser perhaps I have not set up Apache to read my .htaccess file in the directory it is in? Does that sound right to anyone? I am still not sure though because my Apache httpd.conf file says this...

AccessFileName .htaccess

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess files from being viewed by
# Web clients. Since .htaccess files often contain authorization
# information, access is disallowed for security reasons. Comment
# these lines out if you want Web visitors to see the contents of
# .htaccess files. If you change the AccessFileName directive above,
# be sure to make the corresponding changes here.
#
# Also, folks tend to use names such as .htpasswd for password
# files, so this will protect those as well.
#
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</Files>